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Dienstag Oktober 10, 2006

Saving money with OpenOffice.org

“The Danish government could save about 125 million Danish kroner (US$21 million) over the next five years if it adopted the OpenOffice.org productivity software instead of upgrading to Microsoft’s Office 2007 suite.”

The full article can be found here.

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( Okt 10 2006, 10:22:54 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [4]

ODF on Symbian

“Odendahl SEPT-Solutions has announced the release of " Mobile Office". It is the first and only application for Symbian (or any other mobile platform) that enables users to read OpenDocument format files on the go.”

More information can be found here.

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( Okt 10 2006, 10:18:06 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

CNET: French government report lauds ODF

“He recommends that the French government "propose to its European partners to systematically favor open standards and, as the first example, to mandate the international ISO format ODF for the creation and diffusion of all official document exchange at the European level."

Carayon notes that the standardization of ODF "authorizes its use without risk by commercial and government bodies and promotes the development of current software which adheres to the format."

In addition, he argued that free and open-source software can provide French businesses with an economic benefit.

Although a relatively young standard, OpenDocument has found interest among government users. ”

The full article can be found here.

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( Okt 10 2006, 10:13:22 PM CEST ) Permalink

AODC (An OpenDocument Converter)

“ That's when you turn to AODC (An OpenDocument Converter), a small, free utility that quickly converts .odt files into .html files that you can see in your browser or text editor -- no office suite necessary.”

Found here.

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( Okt 10 2006, 10:08:38 PM CEST ) Permalink

On a houseboat in France

If you were wondering why I had not blogged for more than two weeks, here is why. I just had two weeks of vacation during which my wife and I plus to close friends cruised on a houseboat on Canal du Midi in southern France. Here are some impressions:


Our houseboat	At full speed on Canal du Midi


Our first stop	A little church


Houseboats in a lock	Our crew coping with the lock


Bridges can be a challenge, too	Outstanding cheese and cider for lunch


Me navigating the boat	Another challenge: the water in the locks


Who knows what's behind the curve	A tunnel coming up


Another romantic lock	One of the many many bridges


A beautiful morning after I had just bought fresh croissants and baguette	The cathedral of Bezier in the evening


The view from the Canal du Midi	Growing wine


The church in Capestang	A little lizard


The tower of the church in Capestang	Flowers along Canal du Midi


A wine shop that looks like a shop	An alley in Carcasonne


Carcasonne from the outside	Pont du Gard on the way back home

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( Okt 10 2006, 09:35:20 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [2]